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General Information:

  • Department: Lettere E Filosofia
  • Settore Ministeriale: M-GGR/01
  • ID code: 804002429
  • Teaching methods: Frontale E Altro
  • Assessment methods: Scritto E Orale
  • Prerequisites: Basic knowledge of the distribution of the main geographical phenomena with particular reference to the period from the 17th century to the present. As a further prerequisite, knowledge of the basic concepts of physical and human geography as well as an understanding of the organisation of geographical spaces are considered essential. To this end, handouts entitled "Fundamentals of Geography Zero" are made available to students within the web-based teaching platform, and are recommended to be read in full.
  • Objectives: RAINING OBJECTIVES: The teaching will consider the fundamental concepts of place, territory, space, environment, landscape and region, developed in the context of geography. The relations between cultural contexts and natural areas will also be considered, with specific regard to the main settlement formations; special consideration will be given to demographic changes and the migration phenomenon. KNOWLEDGE AND CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND: At the end of the course the student will have acquired the basic knowledge required by the epistemological statute of the discipline. In particular, he/she will have acquired an adequate knowledge of the origin, development and topics of interest of human geography, with particular attention to the relationship between man and the environment, as well as of the methods of investigation used by geographical research and interaction with other sciences. He/she will therefore be able to understand anthropic phenomena from a spatial perspective according to the methods of geography and understand their implications. CAPACITY TO APPLY KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING: At the end of the course the student, on the basis of the knowledge and skills acquired in terms of understanding anthropic phenomena in spatial perspective, will have acquired the ability to use, at least at an average level, the appropriate investigation, language and working tools of the discipline and will be able to understand specific problems of medium complexity to which he/she can try to give autonomous answers. JUDGMENTAL AUTONOMY: at the end of the course the student who will have acquired adequate knowledge and competence regarding the fundamental themes and problems of Geography will be able to formulate autonomous judgements that will allow him/her a critical level of reading, from a spatial perspective of the phenomena considered by the discipline. This autonomy of judgement will be verified during the profit examinations and the ongoing assessment tests. COMMUNICATIVE SKILLS: at the end of the course the student will have developed an appropriate scientific language and will therefore have communication skills, both verbal and written, that will allow him/her to demonstrate, at least at an average level, argumentative skills and ease of illustration of the fundamental themes of Geography, both in relation to specialists and in the field of popularisation. Communication skills will be tested by means of the in itinere tests and the proficiency exam. LEARNING SKILLS: The learning ability will concern the fundamentals of Geography, and above all the investigation methodologies and good practices proposed by the discipline. Particular attention will be paid to the method of study, a fundamental element of authentic learning, guaranteeing comprehension, autonomy of judgement and communicative skills in the topics covered by Geography. This means that, by the end of the course, the student will have had the opportunity to expand his or her learning methodology through active involvement during the course. The development of one's own learning methodology makes the student autonomous in the study of the various topics covered by the discipline. The acquisition of the ability to learn will be verified during the in itinere tests, reserved for attending students, and the final exam.
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Teaching:

  • A.Y.: 2023/2024
  • Channel: UNICO
  • Credits / ECTS(CFU): 6
  • Mandatory Attendance: No
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